Archive

Detailing our history of
updates, in descending order
Note: Some links may be outdated and not functional

2009

June 28: Just
a note to say that if you have sent me an e-mail and
I have not responded, you have my apologies. I appreciate
your e-mails, and regret that I haven't had the time
to respond or to post any of the pictures and insights
you all have sent me! Don't worry, this site will
not be abandoned; it may have gone into hiding like
the Old Narnians, but a new day is coming and it will
eventually be better than ever. But in the interim,
thanks for your patience!

I have at least updated the Exhibits
pages, to remove outdated information, and to reflect
the new touring dates for the Narnia exhibit, which
is now in Kansas City.

2008

July 31: We're
back up! Most of Susan's sections have image updates.
Also, I've added a shot of Prunaprismia's coronation dress, along with kristinamy's exhibit
sketch and notes. Also put up a couple of Mrulockia's
video game screencaps of her gray blue night gown.

Also, the Jadis page has been updated
with a picture and video of an interesting Alexander
McQueen dress that Chase pointed out, an obvious influence
on the final Jadis design. Check
it out.

July 22: Apologies
for the lapse in updates. Early this month, my (the
webmaster's) computer crashed and I lost a lot of
time—and the ability to conveniently update
the site for the time being. But hopefully, come August,
updates will begin again, starting with quite a few
new images, some of them high resolution—and
shiny.

June 12: Some exhibit news: 7chronicles's
Narnia exhibit report from the opening in Arizona
mentions the costumes displayed, so I've compiled
them and listed them with the exhibit
information. Again, photography isn't allowed,
but do take notes! There are some costumes there that
we've only barely seen, like Prunaprismia's coronation
dress.

Also, June 27th has been set for
the Disney's Hollywood Studios exhibit opening. Pictures
appreciated!

June 8: We've
added some new screencaps that include Peter's, Susan's, Edmund's,
and Lucy's coronation outfits, thanks to Mrulockia—as she
finished the video game and screencapped these clips
for us!

Also added a rough color touch-up
copy of one of the Prunaprismia
farewell exhibit shots, to try to reflect the
true blue color scheme rather than the exhibit's poor
orange lighting.

May 30: Finally back and only beginning to catch
up, considering there are so many new costumes in the film of
which we have no images! Starting with Prunaprismia,
we have her birthing gown, the soldiers return gown, coronation
gown, and her farewell gown, which includes a couple of El Capitan
exhibit pictures!

May 8: Just a few of the recent high-res images
are now up. We also have some exhibit updates: there are Telmarine
lord costumes on display both at an IMAX theater in South Korea,
and at Disney's Hollywood Studios in Orlando, along with Miraz's
armor, helmet and brigandine.

Your costume studier and updater will be in Disney
World for the next two weeks, photographing the costumes there.
No new updates until the end of May, after Prince Caspian's
US release!

April 28: We have some updates on Caspian's Farewell
outfit page and Main outfit
page, including a good
shot of the side/back of the embroidery on his white shirt.
There are also a few new screenshots from video game sites of
a deleted scene of Cornelius and Caspian, now on Caspian's new
Stargazing Outfit
page.

We have some great new info on the traveling
Narnia Exhibit presented by the Becker Group, which premieres
in Phoenix on June 7, and will have over fifty costumes, though
photography will not be allowed. Check the Exhibits
page for details.

The scrapbook has
been organized into a few different sections, with thumbnails
for previous entries that have working links. Do check your
entry to see that your picture links still work, and please
contact us with replacements!

April 1: We have a large Prince
Caspian update: his index is now split up and organized
according to costume. There are a few updates spread throughout.

We also have confirmation from the Illustrated
Movie Companion (which comes out today) about what we earlier
thought was Caspian's Telmarine
outfit—he actually wears it after his coronation,
during a farewell scene with the Pevensies. Susan also has a
new dress in this sequence! We have a write-up and a colored
tracing but no images, sorry. We know that Peter has a new outfit
here, too (probably with that unidentified shirt), so it's likely
that Edmund and Lucy do as well.

March 27: With the release of the movie storybook,
we have some picture-less updates. We can't scan and post the
images because of copyrights, unfortunately, but do try to purchase
the movie storybook at your local Christian bookstore! It officially
releases April 1, along with the official movie companion, which
will have a costumes section.

And some exhibit updates.
The dates for the El Capitan theatre exhibit and movie showing
are out—you can view a scan
of the brochure here. Also, NarniaWebber BookLover found
that Disney-Hollywood Studios in Orlando, Florida now has Susan's
green archery dress from LWW on display! See a picture of that
on Su's page. High-res pictures
are appreciated if you vacation there! See the Reference
page for details of where to find the dress.

Also, we have confirmation that Caspian's
newest outfit is not his coronation outfit. NarniaWebber
fantasia_kitty caught an early glimpse of an image in the movie
storybook (which releases April 1) that shows the real coronation
outfit, which is a light tan. She's also pretty sure that there
were images of the Pevensies in new coronation outfits as well.

February 29: NarniaWebber icarus pointed out
a picture of the action figure Cornelius which gives a good
shot of the costume he wears during the
night raid. We also have some very good images from the
same source, of cardboard Peter
and Edmund in their Night Raid
outfits. Cornelius, Peter, and Edmund all have page updates
as well.

It's now apparent that Edmund wears the same
shirt and blue velvet tunic under the jerkin and armor for the
night raid. Also, the tabs on Peter's and Edmund's jerkins?
Straps from the buckles that close the front.

Those Disney World-bound should note that the
LWW walk-through exhibit at Disney-MGM Studios (soon to be Disney's
Hollywood Studios) will be closed January 2 to May 23, 2008
for refurbishment; likely rehauling it for Prince Caspian's
release.

2006

July 17: Narnia costumes will be at Comic-Con
on July 22! Reports and photos, quotes from costume designers,
etc., much appreciated.

"Saturday, July 22: 4:30-6:00 The Costume
Designers Guild: Costume Centric Session 3— The Costume
Designers Guild concludes its three-part series on costume
design and its profound influence on world culture. In this
final session, CDG president Deborah Nadoolman Landis (Raiders
of the Lost Ark) will host Isis Mussenden (The Chronicles
of Narnia, The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe), Mary Vogt
(Men in Black 1 & 2, Fantastic Four 2), and Judianna Makovsky
(Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone, X-Men 3) in a discussion
about designing for the big screen. Comic-Con attendees will
have the rare opportunity to hear from costume designers and
see the sketches, fabrics, costumes, and film clips from some
the most influential productions of the last five years. Room
2"

April 24: A
recent article on the historical accuracy of costume design.
Isis Mussenden and the choice to depart from the Baynes' illustrations
in favor of better 40s accuracy is mentioned amongst other amongst
other period films.

December 18: Long time, no update! We've been frantically
researching and comparing notes; visit our Forum
for the latest. In the meantime, a long-overdue and extensive
update on Susan's Green Archery Dress.

November 18: Russian site CascadeFilm.ru has published
an interview with LWW costume designer Isis Mussenden. Fortunately,
the interview is in English and proves to be very revealing.
Download the Word file here.

October 25: I stopped this afternoon to look at the Official
Movie Companion released today. Wow. What a great resource,
filled with excellent unseen glossies, and there's a whole chapter
on costuming! Mine's on order now!

October 17: Better late then never! Two weeks
from Halloween and less than two months from the movie, we finally
have the beginnings of a construction section: Mrs. Beaver's Sewing Machine!

October 11: Philo ~ Armor consultant Molly and I were at
the Narnia Sneak Peek today in Wheaton, IL, where we
saw some amazing new pictures plus actual armor and props from
the film. Here's just one image comparing a White Witch costume
sketch with the final gown (I think it's probably the ice
gown). Anyway, expect more pictures and write-ups toward this
weekend!

October 8: A crisp, full-length image of Susan's
Coronation Gown; also a behind-the-scenes shot from the
same scene.

September 14: Susan's Coronation
write-up! Also, October's Teen Vogue has a two-page
spread of the 4 children dressed psuedo-Narnian, with pieces
of their coronation outfits mixed with modern garb. Kinda strange!

September 3: 35 new images were added the other day on
NarniaWeb, then promptly taken down! They're promised back next
week, though, and in the meantime we've updated the Pevensie
galleries from the 8/23 release

August 31: White Witch page
updates, including a new page concerning
hair, weapons, accessories, and makeup!

August 30: Hurrah for the debut of our very own Costume
Forum on NarniaWeb this weekend! Join
the discussion

August 23: Wow! More than 20 new Narnia stills are being
downloaded to NarniaWeb's
image gallery this morning as I type! Keep watching!

August 18: Multiple White Witch page updates, including
one large magazine scan
from Narnia-Chroniken.de! Split of two dresses originally
thought to be the same, one possibly new dress. Check
it out!

May 19: The trailer's been released in front of Star Wars
today, still haven't seen it! New prop
pictures at NarniaWeb, and Susan's
Archery now has its own page

May 13: Brand-new interview
with Tilda Swinton, as well as the following trailer updates:

As of today, I've added galleries for the White
Witch's Ice Prison and Deep Magic gowns, with a write-up
for the Deep Magic gown and edited write-up on the Polar Gown.
The Pevensies' pages have been updated
extensively, with a new Coronation
Robes image, galleries and write-up of their Train clothes,
a Narnian dress for Lucy and Peter's
Narnian Tunic. Obviously, I
still have a lot to do - expect revisions to the Faun and Centaur
pages and continued expansions for the rest. Thanks for your
patience, and again thank you for all your feedback!
~ Philo

May 10: Gradually adding screencaps, edits and write-ups
from trailer - will give a full report when done

May 8: The trailer is UP! Go to Moviefone.com
to see it!
(Happy Mother's Day, moms!)

April 23: Trailer Coming on May 7th!
Finally we will have some costume "meat;" trailer/teaser for
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is releasing on May 7th.
It's also being released on the upcoming Star Wars movie.

We'll have costume research and write ups shortly after - and
hopefully screencaps - as soon as we can get them!

April 22: Updates based on Narnia.com:

We now have a few new updates, as well as a split of the Narnia
section: Centaurs and Fauns
have their own pages now! We've figured out that the WETA Peter
is not really Peter, but a centaur,
and confirmed the cloaked figures as Susan
and Lucy!

April 19: Official Narnia Site update!

Disney has re-vamped the official
movie site, and it's spectacular! They have lots of stuff
up there; with great pictures of dwarf, centaur, and faun armor
and the Pevensies' gifts in the "Movie>The Props" section.
Keep checking back here in the next few days for analysis!